July 27
I was a little concerned about today. I had checked the Yukon 511 app and at 7 pm last night it said there was a portion of road closed at Stewart Crossing due to wildfires. About 2 weeks ago the fires had reached to roadside and I thought it was under control. I'm not sure what made me want to check the app but I was really worried that I would have to take the Top of the World Hwy again and I most defiantly did not want to endure that. When I check again an hour later it was open with a pilot car. I decided to not worry about is and see what it said this morning.
When we got up there was no new info although the messages were conflicting. The notice at Stewart Crossing said the road was open but south at Pelly Crossing it said the road was closed. We decided to chance it, figuring if we had to just hang for a day somewhere it was better than going back the way we came.
Luckily the road was open the entire way. It was crazy seeing the forest burned right up to the road. There was still pockets smoldering. I'm not sure what the conditions where to close the road but the were no fires close by. In fact, all we could see was smoke in the distance. No visible flame. Maybe weather conditions were suppressing the smoke to the ground reducing visibility.
The rest of the drive was uneventful. We got to the campground in Whitehorse about 5:30. We had a ton of laundry to do. Not only clothes but all the bedding in the girls room due to the power like road dust that infiltrated the bedroom. After checking things out closer most of the living space had a light dusting as well we had to clean up.
The campground has a food trailer on site. We were kind of excited to eat here but the offerings were a bit too pretentious for us. We kinda of had a choose your own adventure for dinner tonight so I could concentrate on laundry. Luckily no one else was doing theirs so I was able to knock it out pretty quickly.
We decided to just chill and watch a movie tonight. I'm not sure what we will do tomorrow. There is a museum in town with a fully preserved animal, a fox I think, that is thousands of years old. We also need to do some grocery shopping.
Since we can't go to Jasper I booked an extra day here. I was hoping to make a day trip to Skagway but there was a massive landslide blocking the way. I'll need to check the progress on its clearing. There has been so many washouts, landslides and fires that I can't even keep track of what's open and what is closed.
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